Favorite Crow movie

\"The Crow\" movie, in my mind really deviates from the graphic novel at times. Eric Draven doesn't seem as tortured in the movie (what happened to all the self-harm?) and indeed, the death of Shelly didn't seem to have the same effect on his character. There's also the means of death, in the graphic novel they've broken down on the side of the road when Tin Tin, Funboy, Top Dollar, Tom Tom and T-Bird, all under the influence of a drug drive by.

Top Dollar is now the overall leader and indeed, controls a large gang within Detroit, but in the graphic novel? He seems to be below T-Bird and only controls a neighbourhood.

I also think that the movie could have been improved if they kept Funboy as he was, maybe changing it to suit the movie. I think I preferred seeing that side of a character, aware of what he did and not repenting for it when faced with death. Hell, even at his death he doesn't apologise for it because it's the way he is.

It was more interesting the effect the graphic novel had on me compared to the movie. If there's 1 thing I'll say about Salvation, it's that they handled it in a similar way to the comic. You get some idea of what happened at the start and then they give you parts of the relationship through flashbacks which had a bigger effect on me than they did in the original movie.

Hell, in the original movie you don't even get the idea that Draven was still alive whilst Shelly was being raped, in the graphic novel, he survived the first bullet to his head and it actually seemed like he was stuck there, paralyzed and forced to watch what was happening.

I just think that overall, the more tortured Draven and deeper characters (For Funboy at least) would have made it an even better movie.